Not a lot of heavy favorites this week. Pittsburgh is only giving four against Cinci, and Baltimore is giving 6.5 against the lowly Seahawks. Green Bay is up 13 on the Vikings, no surprise. Several games are too close to make any real predictions, but look for Buffalo and Tennessee to surprise. Philadelphia is a [...]
Sunday’s NFL betting lines
Nov. 6, 2011 1 Comment
If you’re looking for a guaranteed winner in a pick’em league, don’t sleep on Dallas coming back to beat Seattle after last week’s embarrassment against the Eagles. Houston should also make short work of Cleveland if you’re looking for a safer bet. What’s not so safe is Oakland. Even at home, a seven point favorite [...]
How Many Injuries Can Packers Withstand?
Feb. 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
With Super Bowl XLV rapidly approaching, most sports bettors and Las Vegas experts are busy with the Props for Super Bowl provided by BetUs. But for those trying to get an angle on who will actually win the contest, they have to ask themselves one thing: how many injuries can the Green Bay Packers withstand? [...]
Upper Deck also loses NFL license
April 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
Months after losing its Major League Baseball, and only weeks after settling a lawsuit by MLB for allegedly illegally using its trademarks anyway, news has broken that the National Football League will not renew Upper Deck’s licensing agreement. This means no more (official) baseball or football cards from UD. Upper Deck released the following statement: [...]
K-9 units help secure Sun Life Stadium before Super Bowl
Feb. 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
When you think Super Bowl, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Football, commercials, cheerleaders and beer, probably. Maybe Janet Jackson. But did you ever wonder how much it would take to ensure that all 76,500 fans that walk into Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, walk out safely? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and [...]
Terrell Owens signs with the Bills
March 7, 2009 1 Comment
The Buffalo Bills have signed former Cowboy, Eagle and 49er WR Terrell Owens to a one-year $6.5 million deal. Owens was released last week by the Dallas Cowboys and many teams publicly said that they had no interest in adding the problematic wideout. If T.O. couldn’t get along with Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Tony [...]
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen tie the knot
Feb. 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Us Magazine is reporting that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have said “I do.” Bundchen and Brady, according to the celebrity magazine, got married Thursday in a Catholic wedding mass in Los Angeles. The bride, 28, donned a form-fitting ivory lace strapless gown with a trumpet skirt, scalloped edges, long [...]
Colts release Harrison
Feb. 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian announced today that the Colts have released WR Marvin Harrison. “We today have released Marvin Harrison because of salary cap considerations,” Polian said. “Marvin let us know his preference was to be released. Both Jim Irsay and I felt very strongly that after Marvin’s long and dedicated service to the [...]
NU football star Brian Mandeville told to retire
Feb. 23, 2009 3 Comments
Northeastern University football player Brian Mandeville received devastating news on Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis during routine physical examinations. The star tight end, who missed a third of his senior season with knee injuries and even survived a brain tumor while in college, was told by Combine doctors that he has a heart [...]
Brett Favre retires … again
Feb. 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
Brett Favre has informed the Jets that he plans to retire for the second straight year. This would be huge news if he hadn’t already gone through his long, dramatic “retirement” last year. And even if he is serious this time, it seems as though the general public is ready for him to go away. [...]
Boldin wants out of Arizona
Feb. 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Arizona Cardinals stud wide receiver Anquan Boldin is still not happy with the relationship, or non-relationship, he has with his employer. If you remember back in August, 2008, Q (what his teammates like to call him and a letter worth 10 points in the board game Scrabble) had this to say to the NFL Network: [...]
Patriots tag Cassel
Feb. 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
The New England Patriots have surprised no one by slapping the franchise tag on free-agent-to-be Matt Cassel. If the Patriots choose to keep him, they will be charged $14.65 million, as the franchise tag grants a player the average of the top five salaries in the NFL at his position. Depending on the rehab schedule [...]
Matt Cassel proves old saying…
Feb. 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
That it’s better to be pissed off, than pissed on. According to a gossip column in the NY Daily News, Patriots QB Matt Cassel was in the bathroom at ESPN’s Tampa Bay Super Bowl Bash Friday night, when a drunken patron tried to cut in front of him. A source told the Daily News that [...]
Santonio Swann named MVP
Feb. 1, 2009 1 Comment
The Steelers just knocked off the Cardinals 27-23 in what was one of the best Super Bowls ever. Santonio Holmes, aka Santonio Swann, was huge as he nabbed a Big Ben pass to get the Steelers inside the five-yard line with under a minute to go. Santonio Swann, the game’s MVP, then hauled in a [...]